Fred Wilpon

B&C Morning Show: Thursday’s Podcast & MOTD

Today Jerry Recco’s highly anticipated ‘Moment of the Day’ was focused around a caller, a bird brain & Fred Wilpon…

WFAN–2012/04/12

Terry Collins (credit: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

With Madoff Mess In Rearview Mirror, Mets Now Await Challenge On The Field

Now that their financial future is sorted, the New York Mets can turn most of their attention back to the ballclub on the field. Good thing, too, because an awful lot of work lies ahead.

2012/03/21

Fred Wilpon, Saul Katz, Jeff Wilpon (credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Mets Owners, Madoff Trustee Settle Case For $162 Million

A last-minute deal ended a lawsuit that could have cost ownership control of the Mets. It was a $162 million settlement over claims the owners wrongly profited from the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.

2012/03/19

Kallas: Big Win For Wilpon/Katz Group

The Wilpon/Katz group claimed a big victory in court today when they reached an overwhelmingly positive settlement. Steve Kallas explains it all…

WFAN–2012/03/19

New York Mets Owner Fred Wilpon (file / credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Lawyers Step To Plate In Madoff-Mets Trial

The trustee recovering money for investors swindled by Bernard Madoff may need a perfect pitch to a jury Monday to force the New York Mets owners to pay up to $303 million.

2012/03/19

Mets Ownership Back In Court On Monday, $303 Million On The Line

The New York Mets owners are stepping to the plate to try to convince a jury that they didn’t know financier Bernard Madoff was operating a Ponzi scheme.

2012/03/18

Mets Owners Will Have Burden Of Proof In Madoff Trial

Owners of the New York Mets lost a key ruling ahead of a federal trial over whether they should return millions of dollars they received from jailed financier Bernard Madoff.

2012/03/14

Baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax (L) sits in a suite with New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

Sandy Koufax On Bernard Madoff – Mets Trial Witness List

Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax is among witnesses scheduled to testify at a trial next week to determine if the New York Mets’ owners must give up millions of dollars they received from jailed financier Bernard Madoff.

2012/03/13

Report: Jose Reyes Would Have ‘Seriously’ Considered 5-Year Deal With Mets

Would Reyes have returned to the Mets for something less than the six-year, $106 million deal he signed with Miami?

WFAN–2012/03/08

Owner Fred Wilpon (L) and his son, Jeff Wilpon, of the Mets (credit: Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Kallas: No Surprise In Mets’ Court Decision

Judge Jed Rakoff, as promised, today filed a four-page order summarizing his holdings on motions by both Irving Picard (the Trustee) and the Katz/Wilpon defendants in the once-upon-a-time $1 billion dollar lawsuit in federal court in lower Manhattan.

2012/03/05

Judge Won’t Dismiss Mets-Madoff Suit; Team Owes Up To $83M

The Mets struck out in court Monday. A federal judge has ordered the team to pay up to $83 million to the trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff investors.

WFAN–2012/03/05

Coutinho: Reading Between The Lines Of Judge Rakoff’s Ruling

I hate talking about and reporting the legal-ese of the Madoff case but yet another ruling came through today and so I once again called my legal contacts to interpret what it all means.

2012/03/05

David Wright (credit: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images), Underdog T-shirt (credit: Twitter.com/@Mets)

Somers’ Monologue: To Raise Money, The Mets Will…

Carlos Beltran, he spent more money on the Mets this offseason than the Wilpons!

WFAN–2012/02/29

Mets’ David Wright Not Thrilled With Jeff Wilpon’s ‘Underdog’ T-Shirt

Wilpon gave every player an orange T-shirt Monday featuring the “U” logo from the classic cartoon “Underdog.” Let’s just say Wright wasn’t ready to rally around the idea.

WFAN–2012/02/28

Coleman: Big Words From Mets Owner Fred Wilpon

It’s no secret that the Mets need a fast start out of the gate this year, and at one point during his confab with reporters, Wilpon made a rather public cry for help.

WFAN–2012/02/28

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